Ungfrú Aðalsteinsdottir, an Icelandic reader, had informed Tolkien of an upcoming translation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' into Icelandic.. Tolkien is very pleased to know this, because he considers the language best suited for the story.

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Ungfrú Aðalsteinsdottir, an Icelandic reader, had informed Tolkien of an upcoming translation of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' into Icelandic. Tolkien is very pleased to know this, because he considers the language best suited for the story.

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*Tolkien would not live to see the translation published. ''Hobbitinn'', translated by [[Úlfur Ragnarsson]] and [[Karl Ágúst Úlfsson]], was published by Almenna Bókafélagið in Reykjavik in [[1978]].

*Tolkien would not live to see the translation published. ''Hobbitinn'', translated by [[Úlfur Ragnarsson]] and [[Karl Ágúst Úlfsson]], was published by Almenna Bókafélagið in Reykjavik in [[1978]].

Ungfrú Aðalsteinsdottir, an Icelandic reader, had informed Tolkien of an upcoming translation of The Hobbit into Icelandic. Tolkien is very pleased to know this, because he considers the language best suited for the story.